Monoski and releasable bindings for street shoes mountable fore and aft of the ski

Claim 2

Monoski for use on snow comprising an elongated runner defined by a front and back end and having a top surface for supporting a skier's feet fore and aft and a bottom surface for running on the snow, said bottom surface consisting of two spaced-apart running surfaces extending lengthwise of the elongated runner, and a channel intermediate said running surfaces and extending down the longitudinal centerline of the runner deeper at the said front end of the runner than at the back end thereby providing in use better planing of the runner over snow, said spaced-apart running surfaces each comprising a planar surface for contacting the snow defined by inner and outer sharp edges, said outer edges defining the outer edges of the monoski and extending lengthwise of the runner, the said running surfaces sloping slightly upwardly from the horizontal from each said outer edge to each said inner edge, means for supporting releasable bindings being provided on said top surface comprising at least one elongated slide bar of predetermined length extending lengthwise of the runner, and means for supporting said at least one slide bar at its ends are mounted in spaced-apart locations on said top surface, said bindings being capable of movement lengthwise of the runner during use.

Claim 3

Monoski for use on snow according to claim 1 where said front and back ends turn up from the horizontal.

Claim 4

Monoski for use on snow according to claim 1 where said channel is of arcuate shape.

Claim 5

Monoski for use on snow according to claim 1 wherein said top surface comprises a planar surface.

Claim 6

Monoski for use on snow according to claim 4 wherein a braking means is mounted on said top planar surface in association with said at least one elongated slide bar for braking the movement longitudinally of releasable bindings mounted on the said at least one elongated slide bar.

Claim 7

Monoski for use on snow according to claim 5 wherein said braking means comprises an elongated rectangular-shaped braking track extending lengthwise of the runner, said braking track having an upper surface defined by longitudinal edges and comprising a plurality of uniform undulations extending laterally between said edges.

Claim 8

Monoski for use on snow according to claim 1 wherein the width of the channel is wider at the front end than at the rear end.

Claim 9

Monoski for use on snow comprising in combination an elongated runner having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a pair of bindings located on said top surface in fore and aft position suitable for releasably securing a skier's conventional street shoes or boots to the runner, the bottom surface of said runner comprising a divided running surface for contact with the snow, a channel intermediate said divided running surface having a greater depth at the front end of the runner than at the back end thereof providing the runner with good planing characteristics, each said binding being moveable in the lengthwise direction of the runner and comprising a foot plate providing pivotal support to the skier's shoes or boots in a direction up and down, means rotatable in a horizontal direction for rotatably supporting the pivotable foot support, and means supporting the rotatable means capable of movement in a lengthwise direction, elongated support means supported on the top surface of said runner associated with said means supporting the rotatable means along which said means supporting said rotatable means moves, first means for braking located on said runner in association with said elongated support means and second braking means located on each said means supporting the rotatable means on each said binding for association with said first braking means and controlling the lengthwise movement of each said binding on the runner.

Claim 10

Monoski for use on snow comprising in combination an elongated runner having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a pair of bindings located on said top surface in fore and aft position suitable for releasably securing a skier's conventional street shoes or boots to the runner, the bottom surface of said runner comprising a divided running surface for contact with the snow, a channel intermediate said divided running surface having a greater depth at the front end of the runner than at the back end thereof providing the runner with good planing characteristics, each said binding being moveable in the lengthwise direction of the runner and comprising a foot plate providing pivotal support to the skier's shoes or boots in a direction up and down, means rotatable in a horizontal direction for rotatably supporting the pivotable foot support, and means supporting the rotatable means capable of movement in a lengthwise direction, elongated support means supported on the top surface of said runner associated with said means supporting the rotatable means along which said means supporting said rotatable means moves, first means for braking located on said runner in association with said elongated support means and second braking means located on each said means supporting the rotatable means on each said binding for association with said first braking means and controlling the lengthwise movement of each said binding on the runner.

Claim 11

Bindings for use on skis for releasably binding a person's foot to the ski surface and being capable of binding a person's ordinary street shoes or boots thereby permitting freedom of ankle movement comprising a first foot plate for supporting said person's shoes or boots, fastener means on said foot plate for securing the person's shoe or boot to the said first footplate, a second boot plate capable of pivotal movement in vertical direction for releasably and pivotally supporting the first said foot plate, means capable of rotation in a horizontal direction supporting said pivotal foot plates, spring means connecting said foot plate and said means capable of rotation whereby the pivotal movement of said first and second foot plates are controlled, and means supporting said rotatable means for mounting on a ski.

Claim 12

Bindings for use on skis for releasably binding a person's foot to the ski surface and being capable of binding a person's ordinary street shoes or boots thereby permitting freedom of ankle movement comprising a first foot plate for supporting said person's shoes or boots, fastener means on said foot plate for securing the person's shoe or boot to the said first footplate, a second boot plate capable of pivotal movement in vertical direction for releasably and pivotally supporting the first said foot plate, means capable of rotation in a horizontal direction supporting said pivotal foot plates, spring means connecting said foot plate and said means capable of rotation whereby the pivotal movement of said first and second foot plates are controlled, and means supporting said rotatable means for mounting on a ski.

Claim 13

Bindings for use on skis for releasably binding a person's foot to the ski surface and being capable of binding a person's ordinary street shoes or boots thereby permitting freedom of ankle movement according to claim 9 whereby said means capable of rotation comprises a planar bottom surface having a cylindrical-shaped recess therein and said means supporting said rotatable means comprises a bottom member having a top planar surface and a second named bottom surface, and a cylindrical-shaped member extending upwardly vertically from said top surface which when the rotatable means is in operative assembly with said bottom member intrudes into and beyond said cylindrical-shaped recess.

Claim 14

Bindings for use on skis for releasably binding a person's boot to the ski surface and being capable of binding a person's ordinary street shoes or boots thereby permitting freedom of ankle movement according to claim 10 wherein braking means are provided on said second named bottom surface.

Claim 15

Bindings for use on skis for releasably binding a person's foot to the ski surface and being capable of binding a person's ordinary street shoes or boots thereby permitting freedom of ankle movement according to claim 11 wherein said second named bottom surface comprises a planar surface and said braking means comprises a braking pad having a plurality of uniform corrugations for making contact with the corrugated braking surface of the braking track mounted on a ski.

Claim 16

Bindings for use on skis for releasably binding a person's foot to the ski surface according to claim 9 wherein said means supporting said rotatable means comprises means to control lengthwise movement of the bindings when mounted on a ski.

Claim 17

Monoski for use on snow comprising an elongated runner defined by a front and back end and having a top surface for supporting a skier's feet fore and aft and a bottom surface for running on the snow, said bottom surface comprising two spaced-apart running surfaces extending lengthwise of the elongated runner, and a channel intermediate said running surfaces and extending down the longitudinal center line of the runner deeper at the said front end of the runner than at the back end thereby providing in use better planing of the runner over snow, said spaced-apart running surfaces each comprising a planar surface for contacting the snow defined by inner and outer sharp edges extending lengthwise of the runner and sloping slightly upwardly from the horizontal from each said outer edge to each said inner edge, means on said top surface for supporting releasable bindings for movement longitudinally of the monoski comprising at least one elongated slide bar of predetermined length extending lengthwise of the runner, and means for supporting said at least one slide bar at its ends are mounted in spaced-apart locations on said top surface, and a braking means mounted on said top surface in association with said at least one elongated slide bar for braking the movement longitudinally of said releasable bindings mounted on the said slide bars, said braking means comprising an elongated rectangular-shaped braking track extending lengthwise of the runner, said braking track having an upper surface defined by longitudinal edges and comprising a plurality of undulations extending laterally between said edges.

Claim 18

Monoski for use on snow comprising an elongated runner defined by a front and back end and having a top surface for supporting a skier's feet fore and aft and a bottom surface for running on the snow, said bottom surface comprising two spaced-apart running surfaces extending lengthwise of the elongated runner, and a channel intermediate said running surfaces and extending down the longitudinal center line of the runner deeper at the said front end of the runner than at the back end thereby providing in use better planing of the runner over snow, said spaced-apart running surfaces each comprising a planar surface for contacting the snow defined by inner and outer sharp edges extending lengthwise of the runner and sloping slightly upwardly from the horizontal from each said outer edge to each said inner edge, means on said top surface for supporting releasable bindings for movement longitudinally of the monoski comprising at least one elongated slide bar of predetermined length extending lengthwise of the runner, and means for supporting said at least one slide bar at its ends are mounted in spaced-apart locations on said top surface, and a braking means mounted on said top surface in association with said at least one elongated slide bar for braking the movement longitudinally of said releasable bindings mounted on the said slide bars, said braking means comprising an elongated rectangular-shaped braking track extending lengthwise of the runner, said braking track having an upper surface defined by longitudinal edges and comprising a plurality of undulations extending laterally between said edges.